re: Firearm Websites

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For just general firearms I like Brownells and MidwayUSA.

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These are my go-to's as well. They're generally very well stocked in parts and their prices are pretty good. I'll check their price, then just do a general Google search for the exact item I'm considering to check the prices at other stores to keep them honest.

Brownell's uses the cheapest possible shipping, though. If you have something you definitely need soon and on a known date, you're going to have to upgrade shipping, so factor that cost in when comparison shopping. Their standard shipping is basically like flying standby. It's not guaranteed to get a spot and it gets put onto whatever vehicle has extra space and is going in the general direction the package needs to go.

I had a package a couple of weeks ago that left Iowa on May 27th. It then went to Atlanta to Memphis to Ocean Springs to Baton Rouge to Huntsville to Memphis to Ocean Springs to New Orleans to Baton Rouge and was delivered on June 8th. The ordeal above is on the Post Office on Bluebonnet because they sent it to Huntsville instead of across town. However, every single package I get from Brownell's using their standard shipping takes a circuitous route and usually arrives 2 or 3 days after they predicted. The package before that didn't have all the USPS screwups, but it did go from Iowa to Illinois to Kentucky to Alabama to Mississippi to Louisiana.

Just be aware and plan accordingly if you need something really quick.